The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, November 19, 1915, LAST EDITION, Image 3

Image and text provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL

HEAD OF DETECTIVE AGENCYBARED AS A BRUTEL. E. Fitzgerald stood before JudgeHeap in Hanson street court todayand explained himself:"I am the manager of the Hunt,Shippy & Dorman detective agency.I have charge of 3Q operatives at theRoyal Tailors' shop during the garment strike"Miss Ellen Gates Starr of HullHouse and Mrs. Wm. E. Rodriguez,wife of the 15th ward alderman,were on hand to testify against Fitzgerald. Their stories:Miss Starr: I saw Fitzgerald knockdown onto the sidewalk and beat until blood ran two garment workersnamed Wiznevsky and Miller. Inneither case had they laid a hand onhim. In both instances it was clearthat the policy of Fitzgerald was tothrow fright into these men whowalked peaceably along the sidewalk as pickets.. In other words, Mr.Fitzgerald is a slugger, a ruffian, abrutal coward, and may stand as atypical instance of how violencethrough armed guards is being usedto defeat the garment strikers."Mrs. Rodriguez: "On Oct 18 Isaw Fitzgerald beat a picket namedAtkins at the Royal Tailors' shop,Polk street and Fifth avenue. Atkins isn't much more than a boy andweighs 60 pounds less than Fitzgerald. Atkins had started across thestreet. His back was turned. Fitzgerald leaped on him, wrenched hisarm, flung him in a half circle andthen drove his fist into Atkins' nose,causing a spurt of blood. It almostunnerved me. I called to him tostop. He struck me between theeyes. I broke my umbrella trying todefend myself."Fitzgerald had signed jury waiverand his hearing on charge of assaultof the pickets was to be heard. Hedemanded jury trial and the case wasset for next week.Other witnesses beside Miss Starrand Mrs. Rodriguez will be heard onthe work of Fitzgerald and his30'"operatives."o oEXTRA LEGISLATIVE SESSIONBEGINS NOV. 22.Springfield, III., Nov. 19, Members'of the 49th general assembly whowere today summoned into specialsession on Nov. 22 by Gov. Dunnesaw their hopes for speedy adjournment go glimmering when the callwas made public.The call embraces nineteen subjects, many of which are importantand must receive extensive consider-,ation by both houses before they arefinally acted upon.Indications are it will take at leasttwo weeks to dispose of the subjectmatter in the call.o oVILLA WOUNDED, LEADING HISARMY IN BATTLEDouglas, Ariz., Nov. 19. Gen.Villa, reported wounded, was todayleading his forces in a desperate attempt to retain his last foothold onMxican soil.The battle for Sonora state wasraging at two separate points. Villahad attacked Hermosillo, while Gen.Obregon, commander-in-chief of theCarranza armies, was attackingrich Cananea.Villa's injury, while reported slightby one of his officers, was not confirmed from any other source.o oHARD TO GET MURDER JURYAttorneys are discussing the difficulty which has arisen recently to im- .panel a jury to try a murder case. Alerge number of the men called areexcused for service because they tswear they are prejudiced against thedeath penalty.Yesterday before Judge Burke 29of 69 veniremen were excused whenthey said they wouldn't inflict thedeath penalty.This was in the trial of Michael andJohn Catalanatto, accused of murder !of Mrs. Antonia Docasio, who wasi shot on ber doorstep June 12.J- j5 ,v&mmmmmmmimMMMHKHHMttiittir. l' IMftASt M